Camau Gwyrdd is a three-year project to help people in Wales take their first steps towards climate action.
About the project
We aim to inspire and empower communities across Wales to take action and live in a more sustainable way. We don't claim to have all the answers and solutions, but our members across the nation are taking steps to socially just build resilience in their local community.
This project aims to connect Champion groups, who are established organisations within the Social Farms & Gardens membership circle - with groups and communities who are working towards creating their pathway towards a sustainable and regenerative future.
Many of us experience feelings of powerlessness when faced with the threats of climate change. Likewise, groups may be climate conscious but may be unsure on where to start on their eco journey. We aim to facilitate relationships that will pave the way for grassroots, community based green action to mitigate and tackle climate change.
Camau Gwyrdd Champions
Our Champions are community organisations that have an established track record of tackling and investing their time in combating climate change. These groups are on the frontlines of climate action and are ready to inspire those who are unaware, or lacking confidence about climate actions they can take in their everyday lives.
We have received funding from National Lottery Community Fund for our members to work specifically with groups who identify with:
- Being men
- Coming from low income households
- Being first language Cymraeg
- Having low educational attainment
- Not yet participating in social outdoor activities
We work with our Champions to identify groups they want to work with and participating in co-designing a strategy to take grassroot action that builds local resilience to face the effects of climate change, and challenge its causes.
Together we will co-create mechanisms to capture learning from these events, this could be in the form of storyboards, short films, etc. We’re open to ideas and creative interpretation!
We're building a bank of case studies, guidance and toolkits as we go along. All community growing groups can access these resources to help design your own local response to global climate change.
How groups can get involved
Do you identify with one of our target groups, do you want to visit/join an existing community growing space, or are you interested in setting up your own? Have you identified a green space that could house a wildlife / community garden? Do you work with people who are feeling overwhelmed by the threats of climate change, or are particularly vulnerable to rising food prices and other climate impacts?
Connect with your local SF&G contact via [email protected], who will be able to work with you to find out how we can help you along your journey.
Have a Grow / Trio Tyfu 2026
Thank you to all the groups who took part in Have a Grow in 2025 - what a wonderful year! We were able to fund 15 projects in Wales through our Camau Gwyrdd project to help them run successful Have a Grow events.
Click here to read the report >
This year's Have a Grow is happening on 6th June 2026. It's a fantastic opportunity to run an open day that is specifically tailored to welcome and interest a new and more diverse cohort of members to your space. Through this project, we can support Cymru-based some groups to plan and fund their Have a Grow. Email us to find out more.
Funders
Camau Gwyrdd is a Social Farms & Gardens project funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.
Contact
If you'd like to get involved or know more about our work across Wales, please email [email protected]